Chapter 164: Concubine
Su Lan stepped into the Jade Palace, only to feel that this scenery is really excellent, her second sister Su Rong lives in this palace, is second only to the queen's Weiyang nave, adjacent to the Taiye Pool, and can see the scenery of the imperial garden on the small floor in the palace, not far from the emperor's heart palace, it is really the residence of the favorite concubine. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The people of Dachu are open, and it is normal for the concubine's brothers to see each other, Su Lan only passed it through, and then she saw this sister who came out, but she was pregnant for many months, and she couldn't see her pregnancy at all, but the servants still hugged her, for fear that she would miss a little.
Su Lan saluted slowly, although Su Rong's eyes were gentle and kind, she really looked like a sister, and said again and again: "Family, what kind of salute does my brother do to me." But he also let her salute completely, and then told her to get up and take a seat. Su Lan was not annoyed, and she knew the smugness in her eyes even if she didn't look up.
"My brother came to see me today, is there something wrong?" Su Rong asked the maid to step back and asked with a smile.
"It's nothing, it's just that grandpa told me to give me a few words." Su Lan smiled, "It's not convenient for his old man to come to see his mother after all, but he is thinking about you and the child." ”
"Grandpa Lao is worried." Su Rong also smiled, "But what did you say?" ”
"Grandpa said that Niangniang is pregnant with a dragon descendant, and she has received all the grace of heaven, as for the position, you don't have to care." Su Lan smiled.
Su Rong's eyes widened suddenly, his voice was raised, and he said with a little anger: "What does this mean?" What does it mean not to care about position? ”
"Grandpa said that the Su family is accustomed to being unpretentious in this matter, but the Su family must understand that even if we participate in a battle for the throne, we are not allowed to participate in the admonition or count. Whether it is to support others or to have the blood of my Su family, the Su family will not be touched in the future. Su Lan still smiled gently, looking at Su Rong's irrepressible anger.
"What is this called?" Su Rongqi's chest couldn't stop rising and falling, and Su Lan looked so closely that she realized that she was quite similar to her mother.
"Mother." Su Lan's smile did not decrease, "Aside from Grandpa's admonition, you should also take this step back." Look at the few princes who have the blood of my Su family in the two hundred years of Great Chu, which one really won their father's love? The emperor is jealous of the Su family, and he is even more afraid that the Su family will use the prince to threaten each other, so the prince of the Su family is not as good as those who are clear. If you take this step back first, you kid, maybe you don't have to be as pitiful as the first few people. Niangniang takes this step back, which is the child's further step. ”
Su Rong was not annoyed anymore, thinking carefully about what Su Lan said, clutching the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes turned, and finally he whispered as if he was deflated: "Then it should always be the fourth concubine." ”
"I think Concubine De is good." Su Lan also nodded.
"Thank you for that, it's not the last virtuous concubine." Su Rong actually smiled.
"That must have been the birth." Su Lan was a little sympathetic to her, "Sister, I'll be a lady for a few months first." ”
Su Rong didn't want to say anything anymore, although she thought about it clearly, she was still very sad to accept it, Su Lan didn't say anything, and after getting the news of Cao An, she also left the palace.
In the evening, Su Lan was summoned to the palace, Cao An personally picked her up at the palace gate, took her to the imperial study, and lowered his voice and said to her along the way: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Your Highness is not annoyed by you, come to me, Your Highness really trusts you." ”
Entering the imperial study, there were only a few palace people waiting for pen and ink, and at this time, the guards in the palace were handed over, and the court was sparse, and there was a little sound.
Seeing Su Lan come in, Nalan Rui, who was struggling to write, separated the pen and let her sit on the chair on one side, still looking at her own play, frowning, as if she was in trouble.
Nalan Rui sighed lightly and asked the palace people to go down, only him and Su Lan were left, he was still frowning, but asked her: "Since you have returned to Beijing, I want to say a few words to you." What do you think of this chaos in Longxi? ”
When Su Lan arrived at the Su family's silver building, it was already noon, coming and going, crowds of people, and she was also submerged in the crowd, and she was no longer conspicuous.
She appeared silently, and several shopkeepers were still downstairs thinking about their words, but someone from above came down and said: "The second son has arrived, please ask a few shopkeepers to go up." ”
Several shopkeepers gasped again, this second son is the top of the Su family, and he never plays cards according to the routine, but for more than a year, the Su family's business has been rectified by him, and the atmosphere has changed greatly.
"I've seen Childe." Saluted in unison, looking at the man leisurely drinking tea on the pear blossom wooden chair, but she couldn't help but remember that more than a year ago, she smiled and threw the previous generation of Su family merchants off the chair, and smiled at him being beaten to a crippled appearance, so elegant, but bloodthirsty and cold.
"Hurry up." She smiled gently, she was gentle most of the time, and she generally didn't refute other people's opinions, even if she was aggressive this year, the most she said was "just do as you say".
"How are you preparing for this year's spring tea?" Su Lan asked with a smile and asked to look at the tea.
"It's already in place, Yan Guo Mo Gongzi is very cooperative this year, and the price is fair. In another 10 days, it will be possible to list all over the country together. ”
"Good work." Su Lan smiled. But the few people sitting at the bottom all know that Mo Zisu's words are very clear, this year's cooperation is to give Su Lan face, and it has nothing to do with them.
"According to Childe's intentions, we have implemented a new personnel management, and in the past three months, we have indeed saved a lot of silver taels. Coupled with the new books and algorithms that have been implemented for more than half a year, we have also sorted out many old accounts. ”
Su Lan nodded approvingly, "How much silver has been saved, and how much silver can be moved on the account." ”
"We don't have a number of provinces. Those who can move on the books have millions of taels of silver, to say the least. ”
"I'm asking about the exact number." Su Lan was still smiling, but the people sitting below began to tremble.
Back then, she walked into the silver building with a smile and whispered to the previous generation of merchants: "Uncle Clan should return this position to me." ”
is also smiling, but also gentle, but no one can refuse.
"Childe is angry." They hastened to plead guilty.
"Okay, I'm not angry." Su Lan smiled and let them kneel, after all, there are few Jin Rong in this world, and most of the stewards are just mediocre talents, if she wants to insert the people she has cultivated into it now, she must suppress these few first, "Just to remind you, Mr. Zhang Da told me yesterday." In these three months, the capital saved 8,463 taels. The three states together are nine thousand taels. Qingyuan is six thousand nine hundred taels. The rest of the world adds up to 20,000. Gao Zhou didn't count because he did it in the first place. ”
A few of them broke out in a cold sweat, what the son meant, if they didn't understand it, it would be really stupid, this Mr. Zhang, being the chief steward of the Su family, is a certain thing.
"I know you have a lot to do, and you have a lot of work." Su Lan smiled and called them up, "But the accounts are not clear, in the rules of my Su family, but at least twenty boards, or dismissal, the family should not be hired." Everybody be careful. ”
Even his own clan uncle used this charge to let the best sergeant beat fifty boards, this second son, really did everything. As soon as the fight was over, he could salute them with a smile, thank them for their contribution to the Su family's trade route, and add silver to everyone. This young Zhongshu Ling is like this.
"The little one understands." They knelt down in unison.
Su Lan clapped her hands, stood up and said, "This spring wood, you don't have to worry about it." Leave it to Mr. Zhang. ”
"Yes." Where is there room to say no.
Su Lan patted them on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving, and I'm busy." ”
It wasn't until they knew that Su Lan was really gone that they breathed a sigh of relief.
"He's so old, he's so scary." One patted his chest and said.
"That's what scary." One shook his head, "I can't complain that the new emperor looks down on him, who is not afraid of such a lord." ”
"A high-ranking position, and a cold temperament. It's not easy to make a living. ”
"Two, let's do a good job." One smiled, "Although he is a little scary, but he has the ability, haven't we doubled our earnings, he will give it to whoever he likes, he will not move the status of a few of us." (To be continued.) )